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Originally posted by andrewas:
I was right, the differernce is in the cache, and it can hit your performance by about 20% on some games. Other difference is that its builton the 'willamette' core, which runs a lot hotter than the current P4 'northwood; core. ALso, it dosent overclock very well, you wont be able to get much more than the rated speed out of it no matter what you do in terms of cooling.
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Hmmm...but a 20% performance hit as compared to a 933 MHz Pentium 3? I'm planning on moving the 640 MB of memory over to the new computer, as well, so that may help somewhat with it "dipping into" the RAM. And I have never overclocked (really don't know what that is). I do have an extra fan installed over and above what I need for my system; I could move that over to handle the extra heat.
However, what you are stating is definitely something to consider. WalMart is having a sale on a similar system, but a Pentium 4 2.5 GHz for $798.00 (however, this also includes a 15" flat panel monitor; no option listed to get it without the monitor). If the Celeron is really that bad, then it might be worth paying more (I'll have to check the finances to see if I can afford it) and getting the P4.